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Americans spend a lot of money in their daily lives. Working people spend money on transportation to and from work and on various expenses throughout the day. Americans en- joy shopping and buy many things that they need and want. They spend a lot of money on entertainment. They buy sports equipment, to do sporting events and do many things that cost money. However, many Americans don’t pay cash or write checks for these things. More and more, they pay for things with credit cards(信用卡).
Credit cards are small, rectangular plastic cards. Banks give these cards to their customers. When the customer buys something at a store, he shows his card at the store. This authorizes(委托) the store to charge(记入) the bank account for the customer’s purchase. The bank collects all the charges for each customer. Then once a month the bank requires the customer to pay all the charges for that month. The bank does not force the customer to pay the full amount. It asks the custome
A. either pay cash or write checks
B. are allowed to use credit cards
C. pay cash, write checks or use credit cards
D. neither pay cash nor use credit cards

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Americans spend a lot of money in their daily lives. Working people spend money on transportation to and from work and on various expenses throughout the day. Americans en- joy shopping and buy many things that they need and want. They spend a lot of money on entertainment. They buy sports equipment, to do sporting events and do many things that cost money. However, many Americans don’t pay cash or write checks for these things. More and more, they pay for things with credit cards(信用卡).
Credit cards are small, rectangular plastic cards. Banks give these cards to their customers. When the customer buys something at a store, he shows his card at the store. This authorizes(委托) the store to charge(记入) the bank account for the customer’s purchase. The bank collects all the charges for each customer. Then once a month the bank requires the customer to pay all the charges for that month. The bank does not force the customer to pay the full amount. It asks the custome
A. can get what they want and need when they have no money
B. can get things at a store they cannot afford at one time
C. don’t need to carry a lot of money
D. B and C

[单项选择]A: I gambled away all the money I won from the lottery last week.B: ______ .
A. Congratulations!
B. Gambling is too risky!
C. What a shame!
D. Gambling is pernicious!

[单项选择]They have earned a lot money these years and they are considering ______.
A. to buy a car
B. buying a car
C. of buying a car
D. on buying a car

[单项选择]It cost Bill a lot of money to travel around China for six weeks.

[单项选择]The writer spent a lot of money on stamp-collecting.

[单项选择]（） a lot of money made the study abroad possible for him.
A. Tom saved
B. Tom has saved
C. Tom's having been saved
D. Tom's having saved

[单项选择]The rich man spent a lot of money on the farm because there was a very old tree.

[单项选择]Why ______ such a lot of money
A. you spend
B. to spending
C. spend
D. spending

[单项选择]The rich man gave the poor tailor a lot of money, because ______. [A] he liked to listed to the singing [B] he hated the singing [C] he wanted to stop the tailor's singing

[单项选择]Many elderly people have to live on the money they ______ when they were working.
A. laid up
B. put back
C. set up
D. put aside